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 nestnesting Japanese figuresnest N0066600 (nĕst)n.1. a. A structure or shelter made or used by a bird to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledged.b. A structure or shelter in which other animals, such as reptiles, fish, or insects, deposit their eggs or tend their young.c. A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony.d. A number of insects, birds, or other animals occupying a nest: attacked by a nest of hornets.2. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.3. a. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.b. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.4. a. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.b. A cluster of similar things.5. A group of weapons in a prepared position: a machine-gun nest.v. nest·ed, nest·ing, nests v.intr.1. To build or occupy a nest.2. To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.3. To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs.4. To fit one inside another.v.tr.1. To place in or as if in a nest.2. To put snugly together or inside one another: to nest boxes.
[Middle English, from Old English; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]nesting (ˈnɛstɪŋ) n (Psychology) the tendency to arrange one's immediate surroundings, such as a work station, to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in controlTranslationsIdiomsSeenestNesting
nesting[′nest·iŋ] (computer science) Inclusion of a routine wholly within another routine. Inclusion of a DO statement within a DO statement in FORTRAN. (industrial engineering) A production technique in which parts with similar patterns are manufactured together. Nesting the reproductive period of birds. Migratory birds return to their homes for nesting purposes, and settled types move to their nesting grounds. Nesting periods vary in length for various species of birds, and may also vary in the same species as a result of climate and food conditions. Some birds nest once annually (monocyclic nesting), and others do so several times (polycyclic nesting). The latter is typical of birds dwelling in southern latitudes (with the exception of deserts and high altitudes). A number of changes take place in the organism of birds during nesting. Energy reserves build up in the form of fat, glycogen, and other substances. The dimensions and activity of the sexual organs increase, first as a rule in the male, and then in the female. The pituitary function changes, and in some cases, molting occurs and the so-called courting plumage appears. There are also behavioral changes, such as seasonal migrations, singing, mating calls, and nest building. The beginning of the nesting period is recognized to be the time of mating and of pair forming; the nesting period ends at the moment that the young birds begin to fly and conduct a more or less independent manner of life. G. P. DEMENT’EV nesting
Informatics The inclusion of a block of data or programming subroutine within another subroutine, often in the form of a functional loop of logic, performing the routine a number of times before continuing with the program
Obstetrics House cleaning by a woman in late pregnancy, which is more common with the first-born child, fancifully likened to birds building a nest before laying and hatching eggs. Cf Empty nest syndromenesting Obstetrics Frenetic house cleaning by a ♀ in late pregnancy, which is more common with the first-born child, fancifully likened to birds building a nest and preparing to lay and incubate chicksnesting (nest′ing) 1. Preparation by a pregnant mother for childbirth and the care of her anticipated newborn, e.g., by cleaning house and furnishing or decorating the newborn's room. 2. Wrapping or surrounding an infant with soft protective insulating materials, e.g., blankets or towels. |